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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Namma 49

A fragmentary Ur-Namma royal inscription that adds one more manuscript witness to the corpus defining how Ur III kings projected legal and divine authority in their own words.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Namma 54

Attests a daughter of Ur-Namma serving as en-priestess of the moon-god Nanna at Ur, documenting the dynastic strategy of placing royal women in Mesopotamia's highest cultic offices.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 223, Bod S 182

1(aš) gur barley, royal (measure) — barley of the loan, (for) flour, by the bronze gur (measure), from Ur-lisi, in the name of Lugal-gigire, son of Ur-Ištaran — sealed by Ur-en(na), the carpenter; it is at hand (booked). Month: "Dumuzi", year: "the son of the king ..." [broken] Ur-li, the carpenter, son of Lugal-[...].

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 224, Bod S 187

Seal of the governor (ensi2): 5 grain-fed oxen, 68 grain-fed sheep — (recipient/authority) Nin-tur-tur, beloved child of Šulgi, the king. (Seal inscription:) Nigar-ki-du10, the chief constable (gal5-la2-gal), son of Giri-[...], is your servant.

Ur-Namma 49

Ur-Namma 54

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 223, Bod S 182

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 224, Bod S 187

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 224, Bod S 189

ABAA (KAO 4), 79 P351

Amar-Suena 01

Anonymous 429769

Anonymous 458904

Anonymous 481001

Anonymous 481003

Anonymous 481004

Anonymous 497527

Anonymous 497528

Anonymous 497561

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AR RIM 05, 39 322

ArOr 87, 033-057 07

ArOr 87, 033-057 11

AUCT 3, 337

AuOr 31, 232 02

AuOr 31, 232 03

AuOr 31, 233 04

AuOr 31, 233 05

AuOr 31, 233 06

AuOr 32, 175-176

AuOr 33, 215-220

AuOr 33, 215-220

AuOr 33, 215-220

BAOM 2, 26 24

BAOM 2, 30 61

BM 014751

Chicago 20060119d

CM 26, 146

CUNES 49-02-029

CUNES 51-04-018

CUNES 51-10-056

CUNES 52-04-082

CUNES 52-04-084

CUSAS 03, 0062

CUSAS 03, 0074

CUSAS 03, 0089

CUSAS 03, 0090

CUSAS 03, 0171

CUSAS 03, 0178

CUSAS 03, 0212

CUSAS 03, 0214

CUSAS 03, 0216

CUSAS 03, 0222

CUSAS 03, 0232